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Four residents were displaced after firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in the 100 block of Yetter Lane in a rural area east of Napavine on Monday, according to Lewis County Fire …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/25
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Arrests in the United States have fallen to levels not seen in decades, according to a new report that reconstructs national arrest trends in the absence of federal data.
The Council on Criminal …
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By Amanda Watford / States Newsroom
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12/16/25
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A group of Washington and Oregon lawmakers gathered Monday, expecting to hear a new estimate of the cost to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River.
When it didn’t come, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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12/16/25
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President Donald Trump’s administration is looking “very strongly” at reclassifying cannabis from the strictest category of controlled substances, Trump said Monday.
In a brief …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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12/16/25
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Across the Northwest, a record warm fall and lack of snowpack going into the winter is putting more drought pressure on Oregon, Idaho, Washington and western Montana.
Despite record rain in …
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By Alex Baumhardt / States Newsroom
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12/16/25
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SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday that the state will look to spend $3.5 million on immediate assistance to those affected by the historic flooding of the past week.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/16/25
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Authorities say a Renton man following a truck too closely caused a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on north Interstate-5 before exit 32 for Kalama River Road.
When a 2011 Toyota Tundra …
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By The Daily News
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12/16/25
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Local leaders say dredging the Cowlitz River for the first time in about 18 years would prevent flooding along the waterway filled with debris from the last Mount St. Helens eruption — …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/16/25
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A fire that displaced three people and rendered a home a complete loss in Centralia on Saturday, Dec. 13, remains under investigation, according to the Riverside Fire Authority.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/25
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Two Centralia residents were displaced and their home was a complete loss after a fire on Monday morning, according to the Riverside Fire Authority.
Firefighters were dispatched to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/25
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Nearly two months after a truck driver with an oversize load severely damaged the Bullfrog Road overpass on Interstate 90 near Cle Elum, crews will begin to replace the span.
Work starts Monday …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/16/25
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When Tashawn Deville was 16 and in driver's education, she noticed something about the other students.
“Everybody in that class either had two-parent households or just had a more functional …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/16/25
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Seattle has changed a lot since the pandemic, and let's face it — much of it hasn't been good. The cost of living has somehow climbed even higher. Downtown is still struggling to fully recover, …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/16/25
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Have you ever slowed down at a stop sign but not fully stopped?
It’s a traffic maneuver known as a rolling stop or a “California stop,” and while it’s not uncommon in Washington state, …
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Sara Schilling / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/16/25
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About 2,100 residents of Pacific in South King County are under a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order because of flooding along the White River.
Anyone in the area surrounding Third Avenue …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/16/25
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A man drowned early Tuesday after he drove his car through a closed road near Snohomish and ended up in a ditch flooded with 6 feet of water, according to the Snohomish County sheriff’s office.
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/16/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a man accused of biting, hitting and strangling a woman in Centralia on Friday.
Tieler James Foster, 28, of Centralia, faces one count each of second- and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/15/25
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In response to the recent flooding that has impacted communities across Lewis County, the United Way of Lewis County has mobilized to support recovery efforts by coordinating financial assistance for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/15/25
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Lewis County river levels will rise again early this week; however, local authorities say flooding is not expected to return to last week's highs.
Instead, recovery and cleanup is in full swing.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/15/25
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In October 2023, Providence St. Peter and Providence Centralia were among the first hospitals in Washington state to implement a program called TeamBirth with support from the Washington State …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/15/25
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